Category «Alberta politics»

The Green Party of Alberta supports immediate action to remove all minimum age requirements for condominiums and rental properties in Alberta. Greens understand that all Albertans need affordable housing that is suitable to their needs. Currently with minimum age requirements in place there are situations where residents are forced to move out from residences with …

February 26, 2016 Dear Minister Eggen, The purpose of this letter is to urge you to begin the process of ending the separate school system in the province. There are no good reasons for keeping the separate system in place and several very good ones for ending it. The main arguments in favour of ending …

By Janet Keeping, Leader, Green Party of Alberta Contrary to what might wrongly be called “conventional wisdom,” Energy East would be bad for Alberta. Building the pipeline would contribute nothing to solving the most serious economic problem we face, which is excessive dependence on the oil and gas industry. There are many pipelines already carrying …

By Janet Keeping, Leader, Green Party of Alberta 1.0 Introduction: We appreciate the difficulty of formulating appropriate climate change policy for Alberta After decades of government that neglected to address climate change in any serious way, it is a fine thing that the present government, newly elected in May, has taken the first steps toward …

PLEASE SUPPORT THE GREEN PARTY OF ALBERTA With your support now, we’ll see exciting growth in 2016 2015 was monumental in the history of Alberta politics. It was the year enough finally became enough. It was the year Albertans tossed the Progressive Conservatives the longest serving government in Canadian history — out of office. The …

Janet Keeping, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta 1. The results The voters of Calgary-Foothills have spoken and the result is to elect the Wildrose candidate, Mr. Prasad Panda. The turnout looks to have been 875 more voters than the October 2014 by-election. This is an increase of about 3% in the voter turnout. …

CALGARY FOOTHILLS BY-ELECTION VOTING DAY IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd Alberta needs an Environmental Bill of Rights For information on where to vote, please check ELECTIONS ALBERTA website Polls are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Vote for a Green presence in the Legislature

Here is a special treat: the last of our series of short films focusing on the Calgary – Foothills by-election captures Green Party Leader and Candidate Janet Keeping and her quest for a better democratic reality. This is the world premiere of Janet Keeping: Pushing for Genuine Democracy, produced by Alberta filmmakers Brady Watt and Andy …

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release September 1, 2015 GREEN PARTY LEADER WRITES OPEN LETTER TO RESIDENTS OF CALGARY – FOOTHILLS IN ADVANCE OF BY-ELECTION VOTE CALGARY – The Leader of the Green Party of Alberta, Janet Keeping, addressed a series of key issues for the people of Calgary – Foothills in an open letter …

We’re delighted to present the fifth in a series of original short films produced by Alberta filmmakers Brady Watt and Andy Giebelhaus. This film addresses the topic of having a Green Party MLA represent Calgary – Foothills. The film is entitled Adding A Green To The Alberta Legislature. Here is its world premiere. Enjoy!